misprioritize

present singular third person misprioritizes · participle present misprioritizing · participle past misprioritized · past misprioritized

1. To prioritize inappropriately.

   Why do we misprioritize when it is self-defeating?

   2009, Alan E. Nelson, The Power of a New Attitude, page 80

   2 more examples

   For example, simply due to lack of knowledge, many clients misprioritize their risk management.

   2011, Harold Evensky, Stephen M. Horan, Thomas R. Robinson, The New Wealth Management, page 40

   It leads us as well to attend to “squeaky wheels” and, more generally, to misprioritize problems.

   2017, Daniel P. Mears, Out-of-Control Criminal Justice, page 46